ADA Foundation Dental Laboratory Technology
Scholarship
DLT first-year student Joe Chih Hui Lee has been selected to receive a Dental Laboratory
Technology Scholarship in the amount of $1,000
for the 2011-2012 Academic Year. Students
submit a detailed application to the ADA
Foundation which selects the scholarship
recipient. Qualifications for the scholarship
are based on stringent academic achievement,
leadership, research, service achievements and
volunteerism. The purpose of the program is to
provide financial assistance to qualified
students to encourage them to pursue careers in dentistry.

Baldridge Scholarship
The following students received the 2011 Baldridge Scholarship
for their outstanding academic achievements in
2010-2011. Five scholarships
in the amount of $500.00
are awarded in each class to the students with
the highest overall GPA. The first-year dental
students are selected on undergraduate GPA and
performance on the DAT examination.

Delta Dental of Arkansas Scholarship
Zachary Bulmanski
is the recipient of the first Delta Dental of
Arkansas Scholarship. This award, in the
amount of $250.00,
honors a fourth-year dental student from
Arkansas for high academic achievement.

Pierre Fauchard Academy
ScholarshipAt orientation for the senior dental class on July
19, 2012, Erica Hender received the 2012
Pierre Fauchard Academy Scholarship, which
honors a third-year dental student who has
demonstrated the greatest potential for
developing into an outstanding leader in the
dental profession. Selection criteria include
leadership, professionalism and GPA. Erica, who
comes from Denham Springs, Louisiana, graduated
from the LSUSD program in dental hygiene in
2003.

J.E. Hargrove DDS Scholarship
Dr. James Eryk Hargrove, a 2008 graduate of
LSUSD, recently established a scholarship fund
that awards $500 each year of dental school to a first-year
dental student. This yearís recipient is
Lauren Hayden, a native of Baton Rouge and
2010 graduate of LSU. Lauren worked as an
expanded duty dental assistant before starting
dental school.

The scholarship follows the student as long as
he/she maintains a 3.0 GPA. Each year Dr.
Hargrove will award another scholarship to a
first-year student.

Hotel Dieu Medical and Dental Staff
Scholarship in Dentistry
The 2011
recipient of the Hotel Dieu Medical and Dental
Staff Scholarship in Dentistry is Nicole
Thieler.
The scholarship honors a fourth-year dental
student who has demonstrated outstanding
scholarship, leadership, and professionalism for
the first three years of dental school.

C. Edmund Kells
Society Student Scholar Award Junior students are selected based on
professional integrity, professional judgment,
leadership skills, clinical skills, academic
acumen, and participation in extracurricular
activities. These two individuals are looked upon
by their Kells Society classmates as exceptional
student dentists and exceptional individuals.
This yearís student Scholar recipients are
Christy Lottinger and Sean Sebourn.

LAMMICO ScholarshipFirst-year
dental student Kathleen Adley has been awarded
the merit scholarship presented each year by the
Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO).
The scholarship is awarded to a high-achieving
student to help defray tuition and other
expenses. Ms. Adley, a native of Lafayette,
Louisiana, graduated from LSU in Baton Rouge.

LAMMICO, founded in the 1980s, provides
malpractice insurance for the dental and medical
professions. Since 2000, the Metairie firm has
awarded 33 scholarships, each in the amount of
$6,000, to first-year dental and medical
students at Louisiana schools.

Chammy Allen, LAMMICO business
development manager,
left,
presents the scholarship to Kathleen
Adley

Louisiana Health Professional
Development ScholarshipMary
Webster, first-year dental student, is the
first dental student to be awarded this
scholarship, which
is designed to address the severe shortage
of primary care providers in Health
Professional Shortage Areas. Mary
attended the University of Louisiana at
Monroe on a scholarship and graduated
summa cum laude in 2011.

Mary Webster, recipient of the
Louisiana Health
Professional Development Scholarship

Omicron Kappa
UpsilonKatie Evans is the recipient of the
Dr. William S. Kramer Award of
Excellence established by the OKU Supreme
Chapter in 1986.The purpose of this award is to
recognize a rising junior dental student at each
Component Chapter School who has demonstrated
scholarship, character, and the potential
promise for the advancement of dentistry and
service to humanity as shown by Dr. Kramerís
dedication to his profession, his specialty, and
the principles and ideals of Omicron Kappa
Upsilon.

Each year Theta Kappa Chapter presents the
Randolph B. Malloy/OKU Scholarship for Academic
Excellence to two senior dental students. The
scholarships are based on the studentsí academic
excellence, leadership, professionalism, and
service. Dr. Malloy was a faculty member in
oral surgery who lead the construction of the
school in Baton Rouge after Hurricane Katrina
and coordinated the return back to New Orleans
in 2007. For his leadership example, the award
is named in his memory. The 2012 recipients
are Nicole Thieler and Mohammed Ismail.

James L. Rodriguez Rodgers
& Betty Rodgers Scholarship
The purpose of this scholarship is to provide
assistance and encouragement to worthy dental
students who have completed the LSUSD Summer
Enrichment Program. The program encourages
under-represented minority students and students
from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue a
career in dentistry. Dr. James Rodgers is
a 1976 LSUSD graduate.

First-year
dental students Yolanda Bell, Marcela Jolivette,
Jessica Whiteside, Tosha Woods,
and Kathlene Zuniga
each received $200.00 and will continue to
receive it each year until graduation.
This is the first year that the scholarships
have been awarded.

William F. Toler Memorial ScholarshipErica Hender, third-year dental student, is
the recipient of the Toler Memorial Scholarship
for 2011.
This scholarship honors a third-year dental student who has shown
outstanding academic ability throughout the
first two years of school and has earned a high
opinion within the dental school community for
scholarship, leadership and citizenship, and
professionalism.

Tracy Helm Scholarship
On April 18, 2012, senior dental hygiene student
Bridget Andrieu received the 2012 Tracy
Helm Scholarship in Dental Hygiene in the amount
of $1,000.00. The scholarship honors a senior
dental hygiene student who is outgoing, kind and
considerate of her faculty, fellow students, and
patients.

Grace Voigt ScholarshipThe Grace Voigt Scholarship honors a
second-, third-, and fourth-year dental student
who has demonstrated outstanding leadership,
concern for fellow students and patients, high
ethical standards, and dedication to the
profession of dentistry. The 2011 recipients are
Rosalie Nguyen, D2, Erica Hender, D3, and
Stuart Huntsman, D4.

Harold Wirth Award for Ethics and Professionalism
Spencer Gordy, third-year dental student, is
the first recipient of the Harold Wirth
Award for Ethics and Professionalism.
Sponsored by the Harold Wirth Study Club, Gordy
received the $500.00 award at the F. Harold
Wirth Professionalism Ceremony on November
18, 2011. The award honors a student who has
demonstrated ethical professional behavior
and is in good academic standing.